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South L.A. backyards are becoming barnyards
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen her neighbor's roosters and chickens persisted in running through her yard, G. Stone took matters into her own hands. She marched next door and issued a warning: Do something about the uninvited guests or the birds "were going in my pot." The...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Demographics, Immigration, Migration, Population
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L.A. Unified officials knew of molestation allegations against principal
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersSenior Los Angeles school officials, including the district's police chief and its former chief operating officer, knew of sex allegations against a school administrator months before he was transferred to a Watts middle school, where he allegedly...Tags: Laws, Crimes, Law Enforcement, Sex, Justice System
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City Council Signs Off on $7 Billion Budget
The L.A. City Council signed off today on a $7.01 billion budget that includes higher fees for trash collection, parking fines and recreational activities, while setting aside funds to increase the size of the city's police and fire departments.
The vote...Tags: Referenda, Local Elections, Regional Authority, Schools, Voting
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Darden CEO gives hope to Eatonville kids
Sentinel ColumnistFor Darden Restaurants CEO Clarence Otis, the venue was as atypical as the audience: a small trailer in Eatonville filled with about 40 teenagers. His goal on this recent Tuesday night as rain and thunder pounded the trailer wasn't to impress...Tags: Company Information, Los Angeles County, Darden Restaurants, California, Red Lobster
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Traffic gridlock concerns Darden's CEO
Sentinel Staff WriterDarden's chief executive Clarence Otis told Orlando business leaders Wednesday that Central Florida must address its growing transportation needs if the region expects to remain competitive in the global arena. Speaking at an Orlando Regional Chamber...Tags: Macro Economics, Florida, Company Information, Los Angeles County, Orlando
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The 1968 walkout didn't matter
The fantasies of Luis Torres 40 years ago that propelled him and others to empty classrooms and hit the streets have changed not one wit. They romanticized that day by swelling their numbers and their affect on Los Angeles and Mexican America, of which...Tags: Local Elections, F James Jr Sensenbrenner, San Diego (San Diego, California), Colleges and Universities, Labor Legislation
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Subdivision in Watts attracts attention
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's an improbable place to find a home-building boom in the midst of Los Angeles' sluggish housing market. Yet only three blocks from the Imperial Courts public housing project, along a stretch of land once used as a neighborhood dump, 44 homes are...Tags: Culver City, Society, Gang Activity, Crimes, Bell Gardens
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For some, fluoridated water still hard to swallow
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA chemist called it "criminally intolerant chemical warfare to enslave the American people." A self-described inventor and "secret investigator" said the government was trying to "kill you slowly." Another man put it bluntly: "Communism is one of the...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Florida, Company Information, Los Angeles County, Medical Research
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Big drop in L.A. homicides
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLos Angeles has seen a significant decline in homicides so far this year -- including a 50% drop in killings in some South L.A. neighborhoods, such as Watts -- as police embarked on a new strategy involving asking ex-gang members to help prevent violence....Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Gang Activity, Crimes, Los Angeles County, Law Enforcement
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Still pleading for a revival of South L.A. hospital
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSouth Los Angeles activist Virginia Franklin wept before Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday, recalling how her mother, a psychiatric nursing professor, would bring her students to Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center to train. Holding her 5-...Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Los Angeles County, Willowbrook, DuPage County, Medical Services
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